The región of the chenes immersed in a socio-enviromental conflict

Abstract

We are immersed in a paradigmatic era, due to the various environmental problems that impact us, including water problems. The complexity that water management currently involves, due to the various human and non-human actors that converge in and from water, invites us to study and understand the dynamics between water and society from other lenses (the hydrosocial cycle), in order to reinvent the relationship we have with the vital liquid. Therefore, this work was carried out in four Mayan communities in the municipality of Hopelchén, Campeche: Ich-Ek, San Francisco Suc-Tuc, San Juan Bautista Sahcabchén and Xcalot Akal. The general objective of this research was to analyze the main factors that have modified the hydrosocial cycle in the Chenes region, a situation that has had the effect of the emergence of a socio-environmental conflict in the area, causing serious effects within the Mayan communities. The methodology used was an interpretive case study, considering for the analysis the lenses of the hydrosocial cycle approach, which has its theoretical bases in political ecology, as well as the characteristics and guidelines of the human right to water and sanitation. To gather information, in addition to a documentary search on the studies that have been carried out in the region, a 36-day field stay was carried out and various research techniques were implemented, including: interviews and focus groups.